Soderzhanie sbornika okhvatyvaet shirokiĭ krug problem, svi︠a︡zannykh s avtoritetnym i vlii︠a︡telʹnym napravleniem v mirovoĭ istoriografii -- istorieĭ okruzhai︠u︡shcheĭ sredy (Environmental History). V rossiĭskom nauchnom soobshchestve za nim zakrepilsi︠a︡ termin "Ėkologicheskai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡". Publikuemye statʹi -- rezulʹtat intensivnogo obsuzhdenii︠a︡ itogov i perspektiv razvitii︠a︡ ėkologicheskoĭ istorii Rossii na nauchnykh konferent︠s︡ii︠a︡kh, provedennykh v Rossiĭskom gosudarstvennom gumanitarnom universitete v 2016-2018 gg. Tema ėkologicheskoĭ istorii obʺedinila universitetskikh prepodavateleĭ, sotrudnikov akademicheskikh nauchno-issledovatelʹskikh t︠s︡entrov iz Moskvy i rossiĭskikh regionov. V sbornike nashli otrazhenie metodologicheskie i terminologicheskie voprosy ėkologicheskoĭ istorii, analiz ee informat︠s︡ionnykh resursov. Istochnikovedcheskie, istoriograficheskie i issledovatelʹskie temy po preimushchestvu otnosi︠a︡tsi︠a︡ k istorii Urala, Sibiri, Russkogo Severa, t︠s︡entralʹnykh oblasteĭ Rossii. Osobui︠u︡ t︠s︡ennostʹ predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡t obzory materialov po ėkologicheskoĭ istorii, khrani︠a︡shchiesi︠a︡ v federalʹnykh i regionalʹnykh arkhivakh Rossii, v fondakh Arkhiva Rossiĭskoĭ akademii nauk i Gosudarstvennogo istoricheskogo muzei︠a︡. Dli︠a︡ uchenykh i prepodavateleĭ gumanitarnykh, sot︠s︡ialʹnykh, estestvenno-nauchnykh dist︠s︡iplin, studentov, obuchai︠u︡shchikhsi︠a︡ po programmam magistratury, i dli︠a︡ vsekh, kto interesuetsi︠a︡ voprosami istorii vzaimodeĭstvii︠a︡ cheloveka i prirody vo vremeni i voprosami okhrany okruzhai︠u︡shcheĭ sredy.
The content of the collection covers a wide range of issues associated with an authoritative and influential trend in the world historiography -- Environmental History. In the Russian scientific community, the term "Ecological history" took root behind it. The articles published here for the most part arise from an intensive discussion of the results and prospects for the development of Russia's Environmental history at scientific conferences held at the Russian State University for the Humanities in 2016-2018. Themes of Ecological history united university professors, employees of academic research centers from Moscow and Russian regions. The collection reflects the methodological and terminological issues of Environmental history, the analysis of its information resources. Source studies, historiography and research topics primarily relate to the history of the Urals, Siberia, the Russian North, and the central regions of Russia. The particular value is attributed to reviews of materials on Environmental history, kept in the federal and regional archives of Russia, in the funds of the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the State Historical Museum.
